Oi, blah, pffft and ok

Yes I know, random title.

That's kind of how I feel today.  I had a game last night, we won, it was awesome.  But I felt like I played like crap!  Oh well.  Had a crappy sleep last night, went for a nice walk this morning with friends and then went to buy more milk.  Then I looked in the mirror, and I looked like I had gone feral.  Not a good look for me.  My hair was a bit wild and my eyes were a bit glassy.  But I remembered to get milk and even gas.  Yay.

I came home and did a few odd bits of things, cleaned the kitchen a bit, disposed of a few mice caught in the garden, sent some emails.

Then I actually answered the phone....and it was an unknown name!  Let that sink in ................
...................................and then I spoke to a person for over 10 minutes!  Need more time to be astonished?

Anyway...a parent new to our school called me to ask a few questions, and I think I was actually helpful.  Her kid was taken out of the original class he was placed in, and was really upset about it.  I told her who to talk to, to see if they can put him back in the original class.  I really hope they can, when a kid clicks with a teacher it really makes a difference to their school year.  Her child is a bit, for lack of a better word, sensitive.  I don't know him, but that's what word she finally used.  I totally get it.  My son is the same way.  Not sensitive, like he will cry all the time or is fragile, he just needs to be talked to a certain way, or explained things a certain way.  We all do have our own ways, he is just a very gentle soul and will become a great person, a great man, if we can keep him gentle.  There aren't a lot of people like him out there, and I really want him to be that sweet person all his life.

That made me feel pretty good about myself, kind of like I am conquering my fears a little bit.  It's not easy being social!

I've had a trying few days, I wanted this school year to be less crazy than last year.  I want to be on time for school, I don't want to yell at the kids at bed time and in the morning!  Last night I came home, after being gone for 4 hours, my son's chores had been done, but he hadn't showered or did his 30 minutes of reading.  I had to get firm.  I told him it wasn't my responsibility to make sure that stuff got done. He has to be more responsible for those things now.  He's 10!  Not 3.  He told me that I should let him stay up later so he could finish reading.  I held my ground and said no, it wasn't my problem, he could have done that while I was at soccer.  So he was mad, he wouldn't kiss me and he fell asleep.  Morning comes, he got up, took a shower and read while he ate his breakfast, and set a timer to make sure he got the full time in!  That is a real Yay!

My daughter also hadn't showered, was still "doing her homework", and didn't do the dishes like I had asked her to.  She said she wasn't sure if I wanted them done!  I told her, that if there was any question about that, to just do it and assume I wanted them done.

They really need to be more responsible, and that means that I have to step back, and be consistent.  I always talk about that, and then I let things slide, and they take advantage.

I am trying really hard to keep on top of things.  I found that I was so behind on so many things last school year, that I just stopped doing things when they piled up.  Not anymore!  I have returned a bunch of emails already, that I normally would just worry about.  I am going to make sure that I have my priorities and stand my ground, say no every once in a while, and take more real time for me.  Not shopping time!

I will just remind myself of that as often as possible, and just do stuff to get it off my plate.  As I say that, the office around me is in shambles, and I will try to pick out the important stuff, do it, and not worry about the rest.  Ahh, September.  Always a fresh start!